Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Impulsivity, Dangerous Offender, Nippon Professional Baseball

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Lecture 7: welcome to the joint: prisons & sentencing. Readings: chapter 9: supreme court of canada courts of appeal provincial, military, territorial and. 17% of adults admitted into remand, and for females that"s even higher; even though, they make up approx. Many researches do not believe that get-tough strategies reduce crime. However, certain rehabilitative efforts do appear to be successful in reducing re-offending: recidivism rates the rate at which somebody who"s been in the system gets released and reoffends. Principles of effective correctional intervention the use of these principles proves effective in reducing recidivism rates. General learning styles cognitive- behavioral interventions; therefore, this principle has two parts, general and specific: by focusing on those 3 principles the goal is to actually be successful to bring down those rates more effectively. There is a difference between jail and prison. Jail will keep people who are charged with a crime and need to be kept somewhere until trial date.